i was googling online about chinese muslims in singapore, if u ask me what triggers me to do dat? well i was at siglap having waffle ice-cream (gelare tuesdays half-price for waffles.) and theres no seats. and when i look around, mannnnn they all chinese yaw! hahah. i swear im NOT hinting
racism or anything but i guess im just alittle one-sided 'at dat moment'. u cant even find a brown skin or non slit-eyed person. so i try to comfort myself by giving myself a thought. what if some of the peeps here are muslims? well that works... or at least look behind the counter, theres a malay server. hahah.
so back track, i read about chinese muslims in singapore, about how they live their life as a convert and infact there are some who are born into the religion. interesting aint it?
while reading this blog, i stumbled upon another blog, about dis malay dude who converted to christianity. woooo...hows dat. the moment i read it , i kinda get the chills, its like watching some pontianak show. babe this dude is really deep and passionate about his 'newfound religion' and is REALLY GLAD that he is now a christian. talking about how jesus saves his life and brought him back to the right path and asking all christian fellows to pray for the malay race to be saved!
just as my jaw started to drop, i saw more comments from MORE malay christians complimenting on this dude's conversion. and the more shocking part is dat this people are young, in their early 20s and some converted when they are teens.
people, please dont get the wrong message from my post. i am not trying to create religious or racial disputes here but this is just to tell ya'll that this does happens in Singapore. we do know that there are malay christians living among us but we just don't know how many.and the topic about religion conversion readily stirs emotions and tingles our sensitivity.
it is OK to hear a christian converting to Islam. but the question is, how do the malay muslims handle issues of their people converting to Christianity?
i apologise if some parts of this post offend any of you. i have no intention at all to offend u guys in anyway ,take this as a discussion.love you people. peace.
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i say, to each his own. you're not comfortable with it, im not comfortable with it, and im pretty sure lots of people out there are not comfortable with it.. but as you said, the facts are that these people exist and for all you know they could be 'friends of friends' or someone you thought you knew a long time ago. there's only so much that we can comment, but at the end of the day, it's their choice and eventually people will face consequences for the choices they make. good or bad. it's what we face in a multi-racial, multi-religion society. c'est la vie...
ReplyDeletesingapore IS a multiracial,multireligion country.
ReplyDeletesocial cohesian is best known here. chinese,malay,indians and other races get along superbly well.
but as religion is concern,especially on the case of conversion, most of us get tight-lipped and for some might ham it up.
having known someone who convert into our religion is definitely enlightning.its like having a new member in the family.nevertheless, does it create feelings of being deceived?
then questions will surface.
things like , does the person know his former religion well?
does he/she even bother to study?
did he/she marry someone out of his/her race or religion dat result to a conversion?
religion is a very sensitive issue.. I don't think just because of a paticular race that has the majority from the same religion should be a reason to discriminate the same race that abides a different religion. This is about personal choice. He/she might have read enough (we might not know) and feels that Jesus/ Allah is his or her rightful god... Therefore we mere mortals have no right to judge the believes of a person just because of his or her race. Maybe they find solace in something more and feels that life is better and find more happiness in their new religion. I don't see the purpose of "guiding" a person.. Well as long as you respect each other's views and stick to your own faith.... just that we don't have the right to judge people for coverting. :)
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